Have been reading a lot lately about how Clay is a thing of the past
Ed and I were texting about this last night actually.....apparently been replaced by this:
http://www.autogeek.net/nanoskin-aut...ine-grade.html
Does it really work?
Have been reading a lot lately about how Clay is a thing of the past
Ed and I were texting about this last night actually.....apparently been replaced by this:
http://www.autogeek.net/nanoskin-aut...ine-grade.html
Does it really work?
-- Ian --
2003 10th Aniv. Cobra Convertible Torch Red
Born on 6/18/2003 / Build # 4357 / # 489 0f 10th Aniv
1 of 369 Torch Red 10th Aniversary cars Built
I was just reading about these. I guess they're the next new thing. I haven't tried it, but it' s frickin expensive!
I can buy 3-4 clay bars for that price and it only takes about 20 minutes to clay a car (assuming it's car like ours -- a DD will obviously take longer).
But you know, if the price comes down, I'll try it.
---
Jim
2010 Mercedes E550
2000 Mazda Miata Special Edition
Sold: 2001 10th Anniversary Cobra #353
1990 Mustang GT Convertible
2002 Mustang GT
Very expensive product and the words "autoscub" scares me !!
the sponges aren't that expensive at all:
http://www.autogeek.net/nanoskin-spe...m_campaign=CSE
-- Ian --
2003 10th Aniv. Cobra Convertible Torch Red
Born on 6/18/2003 / Build # 4357 / # 489 0f 10th Aniv
1 of 369 Torch Red 10th Aniversary cars Built
I've been using clay bar (either Mothers or Maguire's) for yrs @ ~ $16 a kit. I'm ok with doing just that. A proven process with as advertised results and if careful can be used a few times thru-out season. NOT changing.
So as you rub a sponge to try to lift off embedded dirty, and a sponge has no way to "suspend" the dirty like clay bar, what happens to dirt particle, drag it around your paint? hmmm No thanks
Last edited by 390gtconv; 05-22-2014 at 07:00 PM.
I've had one of those for years. If you read it correctly, it states you do it as you wash the car. If you keep dipping it in your clean soap bucket it works fine. where do you think all the dirt goes with the clay? It gets dragged across the rest of the surface til you pull the clay apart and clean it. look at your clay every couple passes.
1994 GT Convertible
1997 COBRA **SOLD**
2003 GT Convertible
2013 Mustang GT 5.0 **SOLD**
2019 F150 Lariat Luxury
Clay has worked well for years. Clay as a material pulls up the particles and soft enough to hold w/o rubbing it into paint.
You're NOT gonna be dipping sponge into soapy water with maybe other dirt every 2 seconds to rinse, right? Normally with a sponge you'd wash a door, maybe dip sponge, do hood, rinse sponge. A process that relies on people to follow precisely. A clay bar, not so much.
George, that's why you use the "two bucket method".....one bucket to rinse the sponge/rag/clay and one bucket that's ONLY clean water
and there is no way you can clay a whole car with out having to take the clay bar off the paint to reset, re-kneed. Clay is just as abrasive to paint as this mitt would be.
Technology changes guys, its the way of the world.
-- Ian --
2003 10th Aniv. Cobra Convertible Torch Red
Born on 6/18/2003 / Build # 4357 / # 489 0f 10th Aniv
1 of 369 Torch Red 10th Aniversary cars Built